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Commuters can enjoy less crowded train rides and shorter waiting times when SMRT starts running 700 more train trips from Tuesday. This is on top of the 83 additional train trips it introduced in February this year during the peak hours.

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Starting tomorrow, commuters heading up to Kuala Lumpur may not need to leave home to catch their coach up to the Malaysian capital. That is if they are the first 1,000 customers to register with Yellow Express' new premium pick-up and drop-off service for its coach customers.

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Apple chose SingTel as a partner for the launch of the iPhone in Singapore on strength of the networks leading market share in the region, the company's chief executive said this week.

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Cut in front of a bus which has the lane all to its own and you risk getting yourself on tape - and a $130 fine. Last year's Land Transport Authority (LTA) trial of video cameras fixed on buses to capture those who stray into bus lanes will go full steam ahead from June 2.

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Singapore hotel rates will continue to rise this year despite the slowing global economy due to a shortage of rooms, the head of the city state's largest hotel operator said on Thursday.

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Many Singapore companies, especially those with branches in China, are raising money to help the victims. The Singapore-Sichuan Trade and Investment Committee, which was set up under the International Enterprise (IE) Singapore, has pledged more than S$900,000 for relief efforts.

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Fifty five officers from the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) have arrived in China on Friday to help local authorities in search and rescue efforts.

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Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo met in Beijing with visiting Singaporean Foreign Minister George Yong-Boon Yeo, expressing appreciation for Singapore's aid for earthquake victims.

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Singtel users who surf on the go can look forward to faster speeds by March next year, when the telecom operator upgrades its network to offer downloads that are several times faster.

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The wife of Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew has been warded at Tan Tock Seng Hospital with a massive right intra-cerebral haemorrhage and she is in a serious condition.

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